scholarly journals Morphological Awareness and Word Complexity in an EFL Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-46
Author(s):  
Ahmed Zrig
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Efl Context ◽  
Versus Complex ◽  
Complex Words ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between morphological awareness and word complexity (simple versus complex words) in an EFL context. The participants in this study were 100 fourth-year secondary school Arts students in Tunisia. Students’ morphological awareness was measured by the Morphological Awareness Test. Vocabulary size was tested using an adapted version of Nation’s (2001) Vocabulary Levels Test as a receptive measure of vocabulary size. Half of the vocabulary test items were made complex to check the participants’ performance on simple and complex words. The informants’ scores were high on the overall morphological awareness task, and the best performance was on inflectional morphemes. This could be very useful for teachers to build on, improve, and construct better future teaching practices. Finally, morphological awareness differentiated between students’ performance on simple versus complex words. 

scholarly journals AWARENESS ON THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF MORPHOLOGICALLY-COMPLEX WORDS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO VOCABULARY SIZE

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Chothibul Umam
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Correlational Analysis ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Identification Test ◽  
Complex Words ◽  
The Relationship

The present study examines the relationship between the students' awareness on the internal structure of morphologically-complex words (henceforth MCWs) and English vocabulary size of Indonesian EFL learners. The participants are 111 Indonesian EFL learners who had taken English Morphology subject. Two types of tests are used; Morpheme Identification Test was used to measure the students' awareness on the internal structure of MCWs and the vocabulary size test is used to estimate their vocabulary size. To know the relationship between the two variables, correlational analysis with Kendall-tau formula is then applied. The result shows that both variables have a positive and significant reciprocal correlation.

On the relationship between morphological and phonological awareness: Effects of training in kindergarten and in first-grade reading

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Séverine Casalis ◽  
Pascale Colé
Keyword(s):  
Phonological Awareness ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Complex Words ◽  
Morphological Awareness Training ◽  
Phonological Awareness Training ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between phonological and morphological awareness in kindergarten, and their respective influence on learning to read in first grade, through an experimental training design with three groups of children. One experimental group received phonological awareness training while the other received morphological awareness training. The control group did not receive any training. Both training sessions were efficient since the largest pre- and post-test improvements were observed in the trained domains. Reciprocal influence analysis indicated that morphological awareness improved phonological sensitivity, but not the explicit manipulation of phonemes. In addition, phonological awareness training helped children to segment morphemes, but not to derive complex words. Thus, while some processes are shared by both metalinguistic domains, each domain appears to have its own specificity and may develop independently, at least partly. Even though morphological awareness training was found to be efficient at the kindergarten level, no clear impact on reading was found at the first-grade level, while phonological training displayed a clear positive effect on reading.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND ENGLISH VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE OF SIXTH SEMESTER STUDENTS IN IKIP MATARAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Baiq Sumarni
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Morphological Awareness ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Relationship

This study focuses on finding the relationship between morphological awareness and English vocabulary knowledge of Sixth semester students in IKIP Mataram. Many researchers have conducted a number of studies to find out the most effective strategies in learning vocabulary.  One of them  which is discussed in this study is applying morphological awareness. The first research problem is talking about the English vocabulary size of the students. The second problem is talking about the level of the students’ morphological awareness. and the third problem is talking about the relationship between morphological awareness and the English vocabulary size of sixth semester students in IKIP Mataram.   In turn, in conducting this research, the researcher uses a mixed methods. Not only quantitative analysis, descriptive statistics and other statistical tests, but also qualitative analysis are used. The data presents the students’ vocabulary size in the form of level which is adapted from  the theory by Nation and  Beglar (2007) and also their morphological awareness in form of level which is adapted from the theory by McBride-Chang et al (2005). This data also presents the relationship between morphological awareness and English vocabulary knowledge in form of  correlation based on Pearson product-moment formula. This analysis shows that the sixth semester students in IKIP Mataram are in level 6,000 means that their results is good enough based on  Beglar and nation (2007). And the results of the morphological awareness are variant. Thence, this study also found that there is relationship between the students’ vocabulary size and their morphological awareness.

Critical self-reflection: A performative act 批判的自己内省 ―パフォーマティヴな実践―

2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Misako Tajima
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
English Learner ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Global Spread ◽  
The Relationship

Autobiographic and narrative research has recently grown in stature in the field of social sciences. Inspired by Asian TESOL researchers’ critical analyses of self-stories, this paper attempts to reflect upon the author’s personal history in relation to English and discuss ways in which she can position herself as both an English learner and a non-native English speaker (NNES) teacher. The self-reflection and discussion is followed by an argument for performativity, a notion drawing on poststructuralism to understand language itself and the global spread of English. This paper, itself a performative act conducted by a secondary school teacher, exemplifies the concept. The non-academic schoolteacher’s very act of writing in an academic journal aims to contribute to questioning assumptions underlying the relationship between theory and practice and to reconstituting the academic fields of applied linguistics and TESOL. 近年、自伝的かつ語りを含む研究が社会科学の分野で活発になってきている。本稿では、TESOLを専門とする、あるアジア人研究者が彼女たち自身の物語を素材として実施した批判的分析に着想を得て、英語にまつわる自己の歴史を振り返り、英語学習者としての、またNNESの英語教師としてのポジショナリティをどこに位置づけるのかという問題について議論する。さらに、この批判的自己内省を経て、言語そのもの、あるいは英語という言語の地球規模的広がりを理解するために、ポスト構造主義の概念であるパフォーマティヴィティについて検証する。なお、本稿これ自体がある高校教師によるパフォーマティヴな実践であることに言及しておきたい。研究者ではなく、一高校教師が学術雑誌に投稿することを通じ、理論と実践の関係性の背後にある前提に疑問を投げかけ、その結果、応用言語学やTESOLという学問分野の再構築に貢献できることを希望している。

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHIMIMOL P. S. ◽  
HASSAN KOYA M.P.
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Correct Decision ◽  
School Students ◽  
Achievement In Mathematics ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
The Relationship

Cognitive dissonance is a theory originally developed by Leon Festinger. He is proposing that dissonance, which is the existence of non fitting relations among cognition, is a motivating factor in its own right. This motivating factor encourages the learner to be more self confident in his actions or conclusions and distinguish between correct and incorrect solutions. This motivation will lead to reach the correct decision about a particular problem. The study aims to find out the relationship between cognitive dissonance and achievement in Mathematics among higher secondary school students. Cognitive dissonance was measured by using Cognitive Dissonance Scale developed by the investigator. The sample consists of 100 higher secondary school students from Malappuram districts. The study reveals that cognitive dissonance and achievement in mathematics is significantly related.

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